I pity the five year old who has to read this.

I'm a grown up though so thank you for the explanation.

Always wondered why anyone would rather talk to a person than take their time, have a nice overview of the menu, and pay in advance. I guess they are gross though.

There are doxxing websites? Like purpose-made? Isn't that illegal? Article doesn't mention the name, but says it has been used before. Wouldn't it just get deleted after the first time?

Only 1-2 years for possessing literally hundreds of CP images and videos? What the fuck? I mean I guess he didn't harm anyone directly (as far as we know) but still, come on.

I fucking hate the "meta" era of online gaming we are in. Everything has to be meta. "You shouldn't use that gun, it deals 0.3 DMG less than the others", "that armor is bad since patch 27383727 3 minutes ago", "how dare you play this champion that has a 2% lower win-rate".

Fuck off, meta is something that became relevant for pro gaming. I don't give a shit about the meta, this is bronze, it literally doesn't matter at the skill level 99% of players are at. People just want to have something to blame when they lose: "of course you won, that weapon is OP/imba/busted".

And it's making its way into pve/coop too now. Every time I launch a new online game I have to learn what people want me to play so that I don't get yelled at. How about you just let me play? So what if my build is not optimal?

I think gaming has made amazing strides, but along the way some people forgot that the main goal is to have fun.

Yah I don't know what anon is doing to his PC when no one is looking but it can't be good. Firefox for at least 13 years here and never had an issue I didn't cause myself.

Does it really matter though? "Well you see, they didn't actually see you naked, it was just a photorealistic approximation of what you would look like naked".

At that point I feel like the lines get very blurry, it's still going to be embarrassing as hell, and them not being "real" nudes is not a big comfort when having to confront the fact that there are people masturbating to your "fake" nudes without your consent.

I think in a few years this won't really be a problem because by then these things will be so widespread that no one will care, but right now the people being specifically targeted by this must not be feeling great.

I mean... Of course everyone feels different, but I personally didn't mind the lockdown at all because of those exact reasons. Yes, I like being home, I like being alone, and while I also like going out and seeing friends from time to time, knowing that they also can't go out took the FOMO away that often motivates me to participate in social activities.

I honestly did not notice a big change in my lifestyle or emotional state during the lockdown, while some extrovert friends spiralled pretty hard.

But once again, those feelings are different for everyone. I just don't like generalising. My extroverted friends are also very respectful and give me space when I need it or ask for it, so acting like extroverts are just assholes with no regard for their friends makes me think some of you need better friends.

So it's the same thing as 'ne?' in German? Did they copy us? Did we copy them?

"Ganz schön kalt heute, ne?" = "Pretty cold today, innit?"

Encouraging someone to do something doesn't mean them not doing it is bad. I can encourage you to try mayo instead of ketchup on your fries, without implying that you're an asshole for eating your fries with ketchup. Also, I'm pretty sure me saying "maybe you'd like fries with mayo if you tried it" isn't bullying. I faced a lot of these issues when I was younger, and while I don't think it works like that for everyone, I genuinely got over a bunch of them by just forcing myself to confront them.

The point stands that people should be less self-centred when it comes to what's 'normal', but some of the examples in the tweet come off as (ironically) quite judgemental.

And, why? I mean it's nice of you to make these claims, but what the hell does reducing csam searches have to do with the panopticon and us becoming enslaved?

Very cool to see. My friend group still mourns the death of HotS, especially considering you can still find a match any time of day in less than 20 seconds, so people are clearly still interested.

The optimist in me keeps thinking stuff like this will convince someone at Blizzard/Microsoft to revive the game, but that's most likely a lost cause.